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So like half the planet I've also been playing Silksong. I'm struggling with it. On one hand I like it, on the other I find Hornet's move set very frustrating. I don't like the diagonal downward strike in particular. But still trudging through and overall it's fine so far.

I've spent much more time playing Blasphemous II. Now THIS game, I LOVE. I stayed away from it for the longest time thinking it was going to be harder than the first and I didn't quite get the choosing your initial weapon. Turns out you get all three anyway pretty quickly and for whatever reason it feels easier than the first ever did. I played the first one like 4 or 5 times and some bosses were a slog every single time. But with this game, I figure out the patterns fairly quickly and then it's just a matter of chipping away at them. I've only looked up a tutorial once so far. I'm collecting the doves at this point, have 26 of the 33 angels from the tower, all rosary beads, etc. So this one has been my jam the past few days.
 
Probably not In keeping with the usual stuff on this thread , but with my whole getting old and looking backwards thing, i`m going to a retro old school arcade game bar in a week or so hopefully. It has table top and stand up arcade games from decades ago to play and have a drink and a bite to eat, looks great fun.

Games like Asteroids, Pole Position, Out Run, Space Invaders ,Street Fighter etc.
 
Fozzie said:
Probably not In keeping with the usual stuff on this thread , but with my whole getting old and looking backwards thing, i`m going to a retro old school arcade game bar in a week or so hopefully. It has table top and stand up arcade games from decades ago to play and have a drink and a bite to eat, looks great fun.

Games like Asteroids, Pole Position, Out Run, Space Invaders ,Street Fighter etc.
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I like the ones that have 1942
 
Onhell said:
So like half the planet I've also been playing Silksong. I'm struggling with it. On one hand I like it, on the other I find Hornet's move set very frustrating. I don't like the diagonal downward strike in particular. But still trudging through and overall it's fine so far.

I've spent much more time playing Blasphemous II. Now THIS game, I LOVE. I stayed away from it for the longest time thinking it was going to be harder than the first and I didn't quite get the choosing your initial weapon. Turns out you get all three anyway pretty quickly and for whatever reason it feels easier than the first ever did. I played the first one like 4 or 5 times and some bosses were a slog every single time. But with this game, I figure out the patterns fairly quickly and then it's just a matter of chipping away at them. I've only looked up a tutorial once so far. I'm collecting the doves at this point, have 26 of the 33 angels from the tower, all rosary beads, etc. So this one has been my jam the past few days.
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I've been waiting forever for that one to drop. Totally get what you mean about Hornet's moveset feeling different, that diagonal strike does seem like it'd take some getting used to after playing as the Knight for so long. Blasphemous II sounds like it hit the sweet spot for you though, that's awesome when a sequel just clicks better than the original. I might have to bump it up my backlog since you're making it sound way more approachable than I expected.
 
Tom Frezzo said:
might have to bump it up my backlog since you're making it sound way more approachable than I expected.
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Very much so. That's why I stayed away from it for the longest time thinking it would be as frustrating as Silksong and instead, not even a week in and I've already explored 96% of the map and very close to the end. Not sure how much, got to the a (the?) Boss in the Bloody Rains... but I'm sure there isn't much left, unless I get the DLC that is.
 
I finally started HK and I'm enjoying it a ton. I didn't realize it's a fucking horror game though!

Spoiler warning I guess.
We'll start with "The Shadow Man Incident" (coincidentally I listened to Parasomnia for the first time today), where I went into a "tower of love", believing (from the noises) that I might be walking in on some bugs doing it. Not exactly what I wished to be doing but, fine. Well I wish it was that now, because eventually I encountered the freaky Shadow Man, the main antagonist of HK, and I'll just say that the combination of his creepy giggles and the sad grub sounds is disturbing.

After kicking his ass I got the ultimate prize: a map showing the locations of the remaining cute grubs. Of course I got excited, realizing I'm near the end of the game, so I began hunting them down.
The map turned out to be Shadow Man's final attempt at making sure I don't fall asleep. Because Shadow Man made sure to hide one grub in the corner of the area called "Not Going There Ever Again" (weird names this Team Cherry picked) behind some hidden wall I'd never find without the map. And behind the hidden wall is of course a second hidden wall, and behind that is a literal copy of myself. IRL, I'm probably in the top 5 people I'd be spooked to see just standing there. Really, don't introduce me to my look-alikes. So that already triggered horror in me, and what didn't help is the way in closing behind me as I was chasing the copy. At least he transformed into a horrid spider, what a relief.
Detective Beauregard said:
Not looking forward to that spider boss at the bottom of the map, though!
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Surely we're talking about the same guy, right? I know I'm looking forward to killing him and not coming back for a long while.
 
Shmoolikipod said:
Surely we're talking about the same guy, right? I know I'm looking forward to killing him and not coming back for a long while.
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This is the guy. Nosk. In the words of Leon S. Kennedy, "No thanks, bro."

I don't know why, but my second time through Hollow Knight I actually managed to beat it with zero obstacles. This was after at least a 3 year gap, too.
 
Still plugging away at Silksong. Put a pin on Blasphemous II and reinstalled the Castlevania collections. Also installed Still the Deep (Lovecraftian first person horror) and Killer Frequency. Following in my play spooky games during October tradition.

Have made major progress on Silksong and is currently taking most of my time. Aside from that, trying to finish our NHL24 playoff with my brother since the new Game Pass Ultimate rates hit Nov 4th. I thought about cancelling, but I like being able to "rent" games I'm only slightly curious about or don't have to buy straight out. So I think I'll just go down a tier or two and buy NHL25 or 26 for Christmas along with some reward points to lower the price.
 
Well, silksong is to hard for my reflexes so I play Battlefield 6. I love this corny stories and multiplayer is great too. Generaly I avoid multiplayer but this time - I enjoy it, maybe because there are so many options for playstyle. For example I modified my recon class so instead of sniper riffles I use silenced smg and it turn out great since one of gadgets for this class is claymore mine and other one is drone that will mark enemies and it can suspend in the air when you play so it's looking out for enemies for you. Also - adrenaline of playing support on maps where you protect points is out of this world - running through trenches, looking ouf for snipers etc. while reviving allies or you drag them off the field behind cover is so cool. Only thing that I don't like so much is tempo - I like to almost role play in these games but here I try to play slow and tactical but then suddenly some guy is sliding out of the cover to hit me in the face with RPG...
 
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